United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 115112
Holyhead Port: Biometrics
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23 February 2026
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26 February 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the cost of the six-day live facial recognition trial at Holyhead port in November 2025.
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23 February 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the cost of the six-day live facial recognition trial at Holyhead port in November 2025.
Source: Commons
26 February 2026
Answer
The budget for the Immigration Enforcement Live Facial Recognition trials in Holyhead in November 2025 was £50,000; this was to cover the cost of the police technical support for 6 days of deployments and the watchlist production.The deployments were comp...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-02-23/115112
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1884057
- uk · wq-1884057 · source updated 26 February 2026